A Sampler , yeah , may be, although i'll have to learn how to use those evil machines (kidding)
The good thing about the hardware drum machines is that you can actually feel the rhythm and play it on your own , the sounds are under your fingers so you can get in a pretty inspired mood and suddenly get a great timing for , let's say , some jungle snares, or some h.hats ....
That's something you can't feel when programing .
Not to mention the posibility of taking the machine to a gig and play with all those knobs and the D-Beam while jumpin'.......fun guaranteed !